TGS: Keiji Inafune's Yaiba is Ninja Gaiden Z

The latest trailer for Keiji Inafune's upcoming zombie title, Yaiba, has revealed that the game is actually Ninja Gaiden Z.

We first got wind of the Mega Man creator's new project last week, when it was accompanied by a trailer that gave little away in terms of story, but showed-off a very distinctive aesthetic.

The trailer debuted at the Tokyo Game Show today, however, offers a lot more. A ninja with a cybernetic arm slices apart zombies in gameplay footage, showing that Infaune wasn't lying when he promised his new game would "be loaded with stuff I love, zombies, ninjas, robots, and action."

What's most exciting to see though is the fact that two distinct ninjas are on show in this trailer: Ryu Hayabusa, star of Dead or Alive and the previous Ninja Gaiden games, and the titular cybernetic ninja Yaiba who exclaims, "I'm coming for you, Ryu."

Does this mean we won't be playing as Hayabusa in Ninja Gaiden Z, and will instead be playing as the "fallen warrior, back from the dead" obsessed with taking him down? It certainly looks that way. Check out the new trailer and let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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